Example sentences of "[vb -s] set [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Alongside this , one has to set a high degree of tolerance , dependency , held by unskilled workers [ whom we interviewed ] .
2 But Kim Basinger has set a new standard by buying her own town .
3 The outlook for sterling is clouded by confusion about whether the Chancellor has set a new floor for the pound .
4 It has set a total quota for all pelagic species of just 60,000 tonnes for 1991 .
5 Beside this deliberate , purposive teaching the author has set a second kind of education which is just as moving and as important to the story .
6 Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Queen has set a shining example of steadfast service over four decades of momentous political and social change , and will he wish her many more years of a great and glorious reign ?
7 Monie will be sadly missed , not only at Wigan but throughout the domestic game where he has set a shining example with his model behaviour off the field and his professionally-sound methods on it .
8 Renshaw has set a tentative date of mid-1993 for her return , when her youngest child will be at playgroup .
9 The UN has set a tough target for developing countries to reach .
10 The Third World , particularly Thailand and Malaya , has set a notable example in the restoration and preservation of stations .
11 There has been no unity ; in fact , the Welsh Rugby Union has set an atrocious example of disunity , and the national side caught the mood .
12 Britain , meanwhile , has set an important precedent by including a number of representatives from the food industry and consumer groups in its delegation to the conference .
13 And Senegal , one of the 30 poorest nations in the world has set the best example of all .
14 Co-ordinator Andrew Smart has set the following schedule to the end of April :
15 Investors were heartened by news that Saudi Arabia has set the second phase of the Al-Yamamah arms deal in train by making a £1½ billion down-payment , ending months of uncertainty over the contract 's future .
16 Britain has set the European Community on a course that I wholly applaud — an ever closer union of nation states .
17 This study aims to set the current problem in its context by describing developments in the relationship between central and local government between 1945 and 1983 .
18 Rising star Andrew Thornton is within one of last season 's 10 winner total as he continues to set a blistering pace in the battle for the amateur riders ' championship .
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